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Many may remember E.G. Marshall (later Tammy Grimes) introducing this relatively modern CBS radio show . The brainchild of Himan Brown (who guided Inner Sanctum), CBS in allowed Mr. Brown to relive the days of thrilling radio for an hour a full seven nights a week! The late E.G. Marshall hosted the program every year but the final one, when actress Tammy Grimes took over.

The mixed cast of television and radio stars offer a range of stories from the pens of the great writers, as well as offering new tales of mystery and imagination. Rarely performed tales by Mark Twain and O. Henry and classic radio tales by Edgar Allen Poe were featured.

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Please enjoy these 1398 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
06.10.1975	the queen of darkness	+Program #522. "The Queen Of Darkness". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadc...
10.31.1976	the queen of cats	+ Program #1031. "The Queen Of Cats". Sponsored by: Master Lock Burglar Alarms, Buick. The program ...
06.28.1978	the quadruple	+A trapeze performer sells his soul in exchange for being able to perform the ultimate stunt.
11.10.1975	the public avenger	+ Program #675. "The Public Avenger". Sponsored by: Sine-Off, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on...
02.26.1976	the providential ghost	+ Program #783. "The Providential Ghost". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Contac, Buick. The pro...
04.22.1977	the prisoner of zenda	+Program #1203. "The Prisoner Of Zenda". Sponsored by: Buick, True Value Hardware, True Temper Tool...
09.16.1975	the prison of glass	+Program #620. "The Prison Of Glass". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast o...
04.24.1976	the prince of evil	+rogram #841. "The Prince Of Evil". Sponsored by: Time, Allied Van Lines, Buick. Brief portions of ...
03.27.1978	the pretend person	+A woman who has open heart surgery has imaginary friends that help her deal with the various crises...
11.13.1981	the presence	+A pampered college student returns home from a sea voyage to find an unseen presence watching over ...
01.06.1975	the premature burial	+Program #367. "The Premature Burial". Sponsored by: Buick, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadcast o...
01.20.1975	the precious killer	+Program #381. "The Precious Killer". Sponsored by: Vigne Wines, Buick, Sine-Off. The program was r...
09.01.1980	the power of zeus	+A hole in the ozone threatens to destroy Earth's food supply. Two scientists are dispatched to a re...
04.20.1981	the power of ode	+Two old friends compete for the love of a woman who is afraid of light. She has come under the infl...
12.22.1978	the power of evil	+ Set in Hong Kong, a gambler is haunted by the ghost of a woman who supported him and loved him in ...
02.03.1978	the postmistress of laurel run	+A small-town postmistress works to save a colleague (and admirer) in a neighboring town when the po...
07.22.1975	the poisoned pen	+ Program #564. "The Poisoned Pen". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadcast ...
03.10.1977	the pleading voice	+Program #1160. "The Pleading Voice". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Minute Maid, A.R.M., Sine-...
06.05.1975	the plastic man	+Program #517. "The Plastic Man". Sponsored by: Buick. The program was rebroadcast on October 3, 19...
09.22.1977	the plan	+Program #1356. "The Plan". The program was rebroadcast on February 11, 1978.
03.04.1975	the pit and the pendulum	+Program #424. "The Pit and The Pendulum". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Sine-Off. The program wa...
11.23.1977	the pinkerton method	+Program #1418. "The Pinkerton Method". The program was rebroadcast on April 26, 1978. Program #14...
11.13.1978	the pilgrim soul	+An American nurse travels to England to help in a hospital during World War II. She is friendly wit...
08.07.1974	the picture of dorian gray	+ Program #215. "The Picture Of Dorian Grey". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebro...
11.28.1979	the philosophers stone	+A man walks into a bank and asked for a $100 loan and puts down a philosopher's stone for collatera...

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There is a really good Christmas episode of The Saint.

Keith

Great series - I remember listening to this show as a teenager -- scared the pants off me back then.

Ralph

I loved listening to CBS mystery theater when I was a kid!

Darrell

I love this series.

Bruce

Have most of them on my iPod great series

Brett

Listened to CBS radio mystery theatre for the first time last night on youtube. Quite enjoyable. I imagine the show I listened to, The Time Box, must have been a departure from the norm given the horror ambiance of the presentation. I was expecting everyone to die in the end, but instead it turned out a romance.

Daniel

Spent 8 years listening to CBSRMT when it was originally on in the 70s. My favorite episode is from the second month February 1974...A Choice of Witnesses. Other favorites include the Sherlock Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe week long series that they did

Eric

Too many episodes should have been called The CBS Supernatural Theater. Never cared for those. Just give me mystery and detective shows, thanks.

Dan

I love CBS Radio Mystery Theater. There's some ghoulish ones and romantic ones, supernaturally-tainted ones. I like the one where the guy starts off being killed in battle then wakes up in his bedroom as a kid with his father waking him up for school. No giveaways - that's just how it begins. Keep exploring the episodes ( so many!) - you'll find something entertaining without a doubt!

Laura

Haha they did that one did they? That one was done both in dimention X and X minus 1 I think.

Dan

CBS Radio mystery is how I got started with OTR. I first heard it about 40 years ago when I was a teenager back in the 70s. Then when I was an adult living in my own apartment with no TV in the mid 80s, I was able to find what I thought was the same as what I had heard in the 70s. What I ended up listening to was OTR being put on ever night at 9 pm and 2 am on KNX radio in Los Angeles. For probably 10 years or more, I had been trying to find the original episode (I didn't knot it was CBS radio) I had first heard back in the 70s. I thought it was Suspense or Lights Out. Somehow I found out that it was CBS Radio from the 70s and not OTR from the 40s. I was finally able to find the original episode called Age Cannot Wither Her. This got me started wtih OTR and Mildred Pierce got me started with film noir. I love old movies, old radio and old TV shows.

Del

Many OTR (Old Time Radio) collectors call this NTR (New Time Radio) program the Son of Inner Sanctum. It was an ambitious attempt to bring back drama to modern radio listeners. It was broadcast on CBS from January 6, 1974 and ran seven days a week until December 31, 1982. We had this listed before, and because so many folk asked, here it is again.

CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER

The theme music (or at least the one I remember) was composed by Nathan Van Cleave for The Twilight Zone episode "Two," which starred Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson. The Twilight Zone was owned and broadcast by CBS.

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